Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
The Royal Feast Of Belshazzar Blaine And The Money Kings. |
Creator |
McDougall, Walter, 1858-1938 |
Date |
1884-10-30 |
Co-Creator |
Gribayedoff, Valerian |
Signed Name |
MacDougall, V Gribayedoff |
Finding number |
CGA.BL.1.028 |
Start Date |
1884 |
End date |
1884 |
Genre |
Editorial cartoon |
Subject |
Politics Corruption Bribery Feasts Cakes Fruit Soups Business Business & finance Bribery Bonds (Financial records) Scandals Scandals, Political Republican party Republican scandals Railroad companies Industry Industrialists Industrial trusts Steel Steel industry Shipping Wealth Wealthy people Poverty Bible stories Smear campaigning |
Related people |
Blaine, James G., 1830-1893 Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 Vanderbilt I, William Henry "Billy", 1821-1885 Aspinwall, William Henry, 1807-1875 Dillon, Sydney, 1812-1892 Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901 Norton, Anthony Banning, 1821-1893 Sloan, Richard Elihu, 1857-1933 Field, Cyrus West, 1819-1892 Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886 Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 Depew, Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell), 1834-1928 Seligman, Isaac, 1834-1929 McCook, Anson George, 1835-1917 |
Shown |
Pies Plates Grapes Pineapples Curtains Belshazzar's Feast |
Published in |
New York World |
Publication Vol. |
25 |
Publication No. |
8472 |
Medium |
Ink/Newsprint |
Width (cm) |
40.500 |
Height (cm) |
24.000 |
Collection |
Bill Loughman Collection of McDougall and Gribayedoff Cartoon Tearsheets |
Description |
James G. Blaine, alongside many other politicians and industrialists (most notably Cornelius Vanderbilt), sits at a massive feast table. The foods all have labels alluding to political patronage and corruption ("Gould Pie", "Monopoly Soup", "Lobby Pudding", "Navy Contract", and "Patronage Cake"). The cartoon satirizes Blaine's corrupt dealings and favormongering with industrialists to win the 1884 presidential election. Formed part of the exhibition "Tales From the Vault: 40 Years / 40 Stories" at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum held March 25, 2017-October 22, 2017. |
Credit line |
Bill Loughman Collection of McDougall and Gribayedoff Cartoon Tear sheets, The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum |
Accession number |
CGA.BL.2011 |
Version |
tear sheet |